Direct AM Bench Data Links and Referencing Guidance

AM Bench data are published both through traditional journals and through online data publications using the NIST Public Data Repository (PDR) at data.nist.gov.  For the 2022 benchmark measurements, all data are being published using both mechanisms. 

Referencing the AM Bench 2022 Measurement Results

Journal articles

The AM Bench 2022 measurement data articles will be published in the journal Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, within the thematic section: AM-Bench 2022.  These articles are expected to become available in late 2023.

Data publications

All active AM Bench 2022 data links on this website point to data publications within the NIST PDR.  Additional PDR datasets will be released as they become publicly available.  Citation instructions for referencing the following AM Bench 2022 data are provided on each DOI landing page. 

Publicly available AM Bench 2022 data publications

A-AMB2022-01: Melt pool and laser coupling dynamics during high-power laser interactions with a bare metal surface.

AMB2022-01: Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D builds of nickel-based superalloy IN718 test objects. 

AMB2022-02: Laser powder bed fusion 3D builds of nickel-based superalloy IN718 test objects, produced using different laser scan patterns.

AMB2022-03: Individual laser tracks on bare metal plates of IN718 with different laser power, speed, and diameter settings. Also, arrays of adjacent laser tracks (pads) on bare metal plates of IN718 matching the odd and even layer scan patterns of the 2.5 mm thick leg from the 3D builds in AMB2022-01.

AMB2022-04: Mechanical measurement extension to AMB2018-01: laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D builds of nickel-based superalloy IN625 test objects.

AMB2022-05: Microstructure measurement extension to AMB2018-01: laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D builds of nickel-based superalloy IN625 test objects. 

AMB2022-06:  Thermoplastic material extrusion of polycarbonate and polylactic acid test objects.

AMB2022-07: Vat Photopolymerization Measurements of Cure Depth and Print Fidelity Vs. Varied Exposure Duration, Photopattern Dimensions, and Resin Characteristics.

Referencing the AM Bench 2018 Measurement Results

Most of the AM Bench data found on this website have also been published in journals, primarily in the journal Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, within the thematic section: Additive Manufacturing Benchmarks 2018.  Please cite the relevant AM Bench 2018 publications whenever you use these data.  Note that some of the publications are listed more than once since they include measurements from more than one set of benchmark measurements.

Overview

• Outcomes and Conclusions from the 2018 AM-Bench Measurements, Challenge Problems, Modeling Submissions, and Conference, Lyle Levine, Brandon Lane, Jarred Heigel, Kalman Migler, Mark Stoudt, Thien Phan, Richard Ricker, Maria Strantza, Michael Hill, Fan Zhang, Jonathan Seppala, Edward Garboczi, Erich Bain, Daniel Cole, Andrew Allen, Jason Fox, Carelyn Campbell, Integr Mater Manuf Innov (2020)

AMB2018-01 – Metal 3D Builds

• In situ measurements of melt pool length and cooling rate during 3D builds of the metal AM-Bench artifacts, Jarred C Heigel, Brandon M Lane, Lyle E Levine, Integr Mater Manuf Innov (2020)
• In Situ Thermography of the metal bridge structures fabricated for the 2018 Additive Manufacturing Benchmark Test Series (AM-Bench 2018), Jarred Heigel, Brandon Lane, Lyle Levine, Thien Phan, Justin Whiting, Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 125, 125005 (2020)
• Phase Fraction and Evolution of Additively Manufactured (AM) 15-5 Stainless Steel and Inconel 625 AM-Bench Artifacts, Fan Zhang, Lyle Levine, Andrew Allen, Sandra Young, Maureen Williams, Mark Stoudt, Kil-Won Moon, Jarred Heigel, and Jan Ilavsky, Integr Mater Manuf Innov, 8, 362–377 (2019)
• Elastic residual strain and stress measurements and corresponding part deflections of 3D additive manufacturing builds of IN625 AM-Bench artifacts using neutron diffraction, synchrotron X-ray diffraction, and contour method, Thien Q. Phan, Maria Strantza, Mike R. Hill, Thomas H. Gnaeupel-Herold, Jarred Heigel, Christopher R. D’Elia, Adrian T. DeWald, Bjorn Clausen, Darren C. Pagan, J. Y. Peter Ko, Donald W. Brown, Lyle E. Levine, Integr Mater Manuf Innov, 8, 318-334 (2019)
• Location-specific Microstructure Characterization Within IN625 Additive Manufacturing Benchmark Test Artifacts, M.R. Stoudt, M.E. Williams, Lyle Levine, A. Creuziger, S.A. Young, J Heigel, B.M. Lane, T. Phan, Integr Mater Manuf Innov (2020)

AMB2018-02 – Individual Laser Traces on Bare Metal Plates

• Measurements of Melt Pool Geometry and Cooling Rates of Individual Laser Traces on IN625 Bare Plates, Brandon Lane, Jarred Heigel, Richard Ricker, Ivan Zhirnov, Vladimir Khromschenko, Jordan Weaver, Thien Phan, Mark Stoudt, Sergey Mekhontsev, Lyle Levine, Integr Mater Manuf Innov (2020)
• Topographic measurement of individual laser tracks in alloy 625 bare plates, Richard Ricker, Jarred Heigel, Brandon Lane, Ivan Zhirnov, Lyle Levine, Integr Mater Manuf Innov 8, 521-536 (2019)
• Location-specific Microstructure Characterization Within IN625 Additive Manufacturing Benchmark Test Artifacts, M.R. Stoudt, M.E. Williams, Lyle Levine, A. Creuziger, S.A. Young, J Heigel, B.M. Lane, T. Phan, Integr Mater Manuf Innov (2020)

AMB2018-03 – Polymer 3D Builds using Material Extrusion

• AMB2018-03: Benchmark physical property measurements for material extrusion additive manufacturing of polycarbonate, Daniel P. Cole, Frank Gardea, Todd C. Henry, Jonathan E. Seppala, Edward J. Garboczi, Kalman D. Migler, Christopher M. Shumeyko, Jeffrey R. Westrich, Sara V. Orski, Jeffrey L. Gair Jr., Integr Mater Manuf Innov (2020)

AMB2018-04 – Polymer 3D Builds using LPBF

• AMB2018-04: Benchmark Physical Property Measurements for Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing of Polyamide 12, Erich D. Bain, Edward J. Garboczi, Jonathan E. Seppala, Thomas C. Parker, Kalman B. Migler, Integr Mater Manuf Innov (2020)